Via Appia
Maker
John Frederick Kensett
(American, 1816 - 1872)
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1847
Mediumgraphite on buff paper
Dimensions11 5/8 x 17 3/8 in. (29.5 x 44.1 cm.)
InscribedInscribed in lower left of recto: May 30th / 1847 / Via Appia
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation
Label TextToward the end of his stay in Rome, Kensett planned a trip to Naples. Inscribed "May 30 1847 / Via Appia," this drawing indicates that Kensett concluded his tour of southern Italy by traveling on the historic Appian Way. The following September, he was back in France and in November he returned to America after seven years abroad.Status
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